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To: Alia
He is insulted by the priest, and .. you think he should have continued to honor the service with his presence.

Hmmmm perhaps you're not Catholic, but there is a difference between a Mass and a service. In a Mass you are in the Real Presence presence of God in the Holy Eucharist and that fact puts a special type of onus on the mass-goer. Let's just say you don't idly walk out on Christ and leave it at that. So, no, I'm not that overly concerned about honoring the "service", but I do disagree with an action that I think may put too much emphasis on what a priest says in his homily - which in the larger scheme of things is not the focus of the Mass.

249 posted on 08/14/2005 2:37:06 PM PDT by PMCarey
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To: PMCarey; Chi-townChief
So, you are separating the Mass from the Homily? How do you not know that Chi-townchief wasn't the finger of God in mass today? You don't know. This priest is spreading propoganda.

I have respect for the Mass, and in being in the presence of His Holiness; but not for political liberal-minded priests injecting UNTRUTHS into a sacred Mass.

Don't you? The efficacy of the mass is through the Eucharist. How does a priest prepare a congregation for the Eucharist? By telling them lies?

IMHO, this is not conducive for proper "In Remembrance of Him". Can have a tendency to make the "host" stick in one's throat, going down. IME, of course.

I have witnessed the abuse of propoganda in the church through the ordained clergy, and I've seen exactly how your side of the aisle plays on this matter of "efficacy" ad nauseum. Knock it off.

291 posted on 08/14/2005 4:41:58 PM PDT by Alia
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